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Social welfare : a history of the American response to need / Mark J. Stern, University of Pennsylvania, June Axinn, late of University of Pennsylvania.
LIBRA HV91 .S6235 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stern, Mark J., author.
- Axinn, June, author.
- Series:
- Merrill social work and human services series
- The Merrill social work and human services series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--United States--History--Sources.
- Public welfare.
- Social service--United States--History--Sources.
- Social service.
- Child welfare--United States--History--Sources.
- Child welfare.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- x, 356 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Edition:
- Ninth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- NY, NY : Pearson, [2018]
- Contents:
- Introduction: how to think about social welfare's past (and present)
- The colonial period : 1647-1776
- The pre-Civil War period : 1777-1860
- The Civil War and after : 1860-1900
- Progress and reform : 1900-1930
- The Depression and the New Deal : 1930-1940
- War and prosperity : 1940-1968
- Conservative resurgence and social change : 1968-1992
- Social welfare and the information society : 1992-2016
- Notes
- Credits
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William E. Lingelbach Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780134303734
- 0134303733
- 9780134449913
- 0134449916
- OCLC:
- 980849447
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